Galen Public Webcast:

Orion Rhapsody 101Boston, MA

Outline

• Healthcare Interface Engine Market

• What is Rhapsody

• Architecture, Benefits & System Overview

• Key Components of Rhapsody

– Communication Points

– Route

– Filter

– Connector

– Message Definition

– Environment Variable

• Build Rhapsody route from scratch

• Show example of pre-built interface

Healthcare Interface Engine Market

• Mirth Connect*

• Interfaceware Iguana*

• Microsoft BizTalk Server*

• Siemens OPENLink*

• Corepoint Integration

Engine*

• Orion Health Rhapsody*

• MD Link HL7 Integration &

Interface Engine*

• Intersystems Ensemble*

• Lawson Cloverleaf Integration

Engine*

• McKesson Pathways*

• Sun Oracle Java CAPS (eGate)*

• Qvera Interface Engine*

• Sunrise Elink – Allscripts

• Sybase E-Biz Impact

• Epic Bridges

• GE ConnectR

• NextGen Rosetta Interface Engine

What is Rhapsody?

• Integrate and communicate between various, often

incompatible, systems.

What is Rhapsody?

Hub and Spoke Integration Engine and

SOA Healthcare Service Bus

What is Rhapsody?

• Provides an ‘all-in-one’ interfacing solution for health

enterprises requiring comprehensive messaging

between information systems.

• Manages and streamlines message exchange

between:

– Applications

– Databases

– External systems

Rhapsody Architecture

Rhapsody EDI Tools

Application Purpose

XSD Generator Generates XSD from XML file

EDI Message Designer Design EDI message formats for use in

configuring Rhapsody

Map Designer Define how messages map from one

format to another

EDI Explorer Create and Test EDI Messages

Rhapsody IDE

Rhapsody Management Console

• https://<server_name>:8444

Key Concepts of a Route

• Communication Point

• Route

• Filter

• Connector

• Message Definition

• Environment Variable

Communication Points

− TCP Client/Server

− HTTP Server/Client

− Database

− File and Email

− Web Services

− FTP/SFTP

− Command-line

programs

Common Communication Points

• Database

– Allows information to be saved to or accessed from a database.

• Directory

– Picks up and sends files to a specified directory.

• Sink

– Immediately discards any messages that it receives. Similar to the

Recycle Bin, but it is permanent.

• TCP Client and Server

– Sends and receive data via TCP

• Web Service

– Use web services to communicate with other applications

Message Processing Types

• Bi-directional- Asynchronous message processing,

Messages can be sent and received simultaneously.

• Out -> In- Synchronous message processing, when a

message is sent, the communication point waits for a

response before sending the next message.

• In -> Out- Synchronous message processing, when a

message is received, the communication point will refuse

to accept further messages until a response has been

sent.

• Input- Can only be used to receive messages.

• Output- Can only be used to send messages.

Route

• Determines how messages travel from Input to Output

communication points.

• A route has:

– Input communication points to receive messages.

– Output communication points to which it delivers messages.

• Messages flow from left to right.

• Between communication points, a route may contain

any number of filters.

Filter

• Used to translate messages

• Filters can be as simple as

passing the input to the output,

or as complicated as converting

an XML message to a PDF

document.

• Filters are always contained in

routes

Common Filters

• No-operation

– Passes all messages (unchanged) from input to output.

• JavaScript

– Executes the JavaScript to process messages as they pass

through the Rhapsody engine.

• Mapper

– Maps one or more input messages to an output message.

• Database Lookup

– Enables information to be retrieved from JDBC-accessible data

sources and inserts that information into the message in

accordance with its message properties.

Connector

• Determines the direction and flow of messages

through the route

– From the Input communication point

– Through any configured filters

– To the Output communication point

• Three types of connectors

– Standard

– Conditional

– JavaScript

Messages

• The basic unit of data processed by Rhapsody.

• May contain arbitrary binary data, but frequently

conforms to a messaging standard:

– ASTM

– HL7

– EDIFACT

– X.12

– HIPAA

– XML

– User-defined flatfile structure

– NCPDP

Message Definition

• Defines the structure of the messages being

processed.

• Allows Rhapsody to read and manipulate message

data.

• Different message definitions are used for different

message types.

– XML messages typically use a W3C XML Schema (*.xsd).

– EDI messages typically use a Rhapsody EDI message definition

(*.s3d).

Environment Variable

• Enables properties used in multiple places or

environments to be easily changed.

– For example, Development, Test and Production.

Sample Route Demo

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